Grameenphone and Banglalink have paid Tk 151 crore in value-added tax (VAT) on their spectrum acquisition fee for 4G service but Robi has yet to pay Tk 17 crore VAT against technology neutrality fees, officials of National Board of Revenue said....

The minimum wage board for the readymade garment workers in its first meeting on Monday decided that representatives of both factory owners and workers would submit separate proposals of minimum wages to the board before the next meeting to be held on April 25...

AB Bank on Monday launched the country’s first dual currency debit card services along with a new deposit scheme.
The launch of the products — Visa International Debit Card and Deposit Double Instalment Scheme — was announced by the bank’s managing director, Moshiur Rahman Chowdhury, at a press conference held at the Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka....

Chairpersons of the parliamentary standing committees on different ministries on Sunday recommended introducing cash incentives for consumers against their payment of value-added tax to prevent VAT evasion by traders and encourage people to pay the tax....

The government has started discussions with stakeholders on the draft amendments to the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 as the International Labour Organisation expressed reservations about the proposed changes....

The Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association has requested the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission to ease some of the provisions of the drafted rules of risk-based adequacy rules by cutting the total capital requirements for merchant banks....